Chapter 11 Genitourinary System
Terms
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- cortex
- outter layer of an organ or body structure
- electrolytes
- minreal salts (sodium, pottassium, and calcium) that carry an electic charge in solution
- erythropoietin (EPO)
- Glycoprotein hormone produced by certain cells in the kidney
- libido
- sexual desire or drive, either conscious or unconsious
- meatus
- an opening or passage though any part of the body
- medulla
- inner or central portion of an organ
- micturition
- the discharge if urine; urination
- nitrogenous wastes
- products of cellular metabolism that contains nitrogen
- orfice
- opening, entrance, or outlet of any body cavity
- percutaneous
- procedure performed through the skin, as in a biopsy
- reflux
- backward or return flow of fluid, such as a vesicoureteral reflux. where urine backs up into the pelvis.
- urea
- priniple nitrogenous end product of protein metabolism excreted in urine and perspiration
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cyst/o
vesic/o - bladder
- glomerul/o
- glomerulus
- lith/o
- stone, calculus
- meat/o
- opening, meatus
-
nephr/o
ren/o - kidney
- peritone/o
- peritoneum
- pyle/o
- renal pelvis
- ur/o
- urine
- ureter/o
- ureter
- urethr/o
- urethra
- andr/o
- male
- balan/o
- glans penis
- epididym/o
- epididymis
-
orcho/o
orchi/o
orchid/o
test/o - testis
- prostat/o
- prostate gland
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spermat/o
sperm/o - spermatozoa, sperm cell
- vas/o
- vessel; vas deferens; duct
- varic/o
- dialted vein
- vesicul/o
- seminal vesicle
- albumin/o
- albumin, protein
- azot/o
- nitrogenous compunds
- bacteri/o
- bacteria
- crypt/o
- hidden
- gonad/o
- gonads, sex glands
- kal/i
- potsssium
- kenton/o
- ketone bodies
- noct/o
- night
- olig/o
- scanty
- py/o
- pus
- -cide
- killing
- -genesis
- forming, producing. origin
- -iasis
- abnormal condotion
- -ism
- condition
- -spadias
- slit, fissure
- -uria
- urine
- dia-
- through, across
- retro-
- backward, behind
- anuria
- absence of urine production or unrinary output
- azotemia
- retention of excessive amounts of nitrogenous compunds in the blood; also called uremia
- chronic renal faliure
- renal faliure that occures over a period of years, in which the kidneys lose their ablity to maintain volume and compostion of body fluids with normal dietary intake.
- dysuria
- painful or diffuclut urination
- enuresis
- involuntary discharge of urine; also called incontience
- fistula
- abnormal passge from a hollow organ to the surface on from onr organ to another
- frequency
- voiding at frequent intervals
- hesitancy
- involuntary delay in initation urination
- nephrotic syndrome
- loss of large amounts of plasma protein, usually albumin, by way of urine, due to increased peremeability of the glomerular membrane
- nocturia
- excessive or frequent urination after going to bed
- oliguria
- dimished capactity to form and pass urine so that the end products if metabolism cannot be excreted efficently
- urgency
- feeling of the need to void immediatly
- urolithiasis
- presence of stones in any urinary structure
- Wilms tumor
- rapidly develping malignant neoplasm of the kidney that usally occurs in children
- anorchidism
- congenital absence of one or both testes; also called anorchia or anorchism
- aspermia
- faliure to form or ejeculate semen
- balantis
- inflammation of the skin covering the glans penis
- epispadias
- malformation in which the urethra opens on the dorsum of the penis
- erectile dysfunction
- repeated inability to get or keep an erection firm enough for sexual intercourse
- hydrocele
- accumulation of serious fluid in a saclike cavity, especially the testes and associated structues
- hypospadias
- developmental anomaly in which the urethra opens on the underside of the penis or, in extreme cases, on the perineum
- phimosis
- stenosis or narrowing of preputial orfice so that foreskin cannot be retracted over the glans penis
- sterility
- inabiity to produce offspring; in the male, in ability to fertilize the ovum
- varicocele
- swelling and distention of veins of the spermatic cordh